Francis J. Uplegger Photographs circa 1915-circa 1965

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Francis J. Uplegger Photographs circa 1915-circa 1965

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The Francis J. Uplegger photographs consist of snapshots, commercial photographs, and postcards collected by the family as mementos of the family and friends, their life as Lutheran missionaries on the San Carlos Indian Reservation, the Apache Indian community they served, and their vacations.

2,829 photographs and postcards; (2.5 Linear Feet)

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Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection

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Uplegger, Francis J., 1867-1964

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Biographical note: Missionary; Francis J. Uplegger was a Lutheran minister who arrived at San Carlos with his family in 1919 to establish a mission to the San Carlos Apache. He learned their language, then translated the Lutheran catechism, creed, liturgy and bible into Apache. Uplegger also wrote a four-volume Apache-English dictionary and assisted the Apache in writing their constitution. Uplegger was officially adopted into the San Carlos community in 1961. From the description of...